Figure féminine à genoux avec coupe "olumeye" · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3048383
Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, black paint, missing parts, repainted, rest.
The motif of the kneeling female figure holding a bowl in her hands is a characteristic theme of court art in Yorubaland. These figural offering bowls adorned the reception halls of many kings, especially in the Ekiti and Igbomina areas.
They were used for keeping kola nuts “obi” or other delicacies to welcome high-ranking visitors. They were also placed at shrines to receive offerings to a deity “orisa”. They are also sometimes said to have been used to hold the sacred palm nuts needed for “ifa” divination sessions.
The Ekiti call the sculpture of the kneeling woman with bowl “olumeye”, “one who knows honor”. The woman depicted is seen as a “messenger of the spirits”.
L’objet Figure féminine à genoux avec coupe “olumeye” avec l’ID d’objet 3048383 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 97e Vente aux enchères dans 6 novembre 2021 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 257 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 €.
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Publications
Bamert, Arnold, Afrika, Olten 1980, p. 141, ill. 97
AHDRC: 0109274